ONE WORD SUBSTITUTION
ARTS AND SCIENCES
- The art of tilling the soil...............................Agriculture
- The art of cultivating and managing garden...Horticulture
- An institution for education in the arts and
- sciences...............Polytechnic
- The study of all heavenly bodies.........Astronomy
- The science of land management.....Agronomics
- The science of family descent.....Genealogy
- The study of ancient buildings and prehistoric
- remains........Archaeology
- The study of ancient writings.......Palaeography
- The art of beautiful hand writings.......Calligraphy
- The art of making maps and charts.....Cartography
- The art of measuring land.......Surveying
- Thy science of triangles.........Trigonometry
- The art of metal-working........Metallurgy
- The study of coins.............Numismatics
- The science of numbers.......Mathematics
- The science of measuring.....Mensuration
- The art of preserving skins........Taxidermy
- The art of making fireworks........Pyrotechnics
- The science of colours........Chromatics
- The art of elegant speech or writing......Rhetoric
- The art of effective speaking or oral reading ....Elocution
- The art of telling the future by study of the stars ... Astrology
- The study of the human mind..... Psychology
- The study of the human face..... Physiognomy
- The study of physical life or living matter....Biology
- The study of mankind.......Anthropology
- The science which deals with the varieties of the
- ......Ethnology
- The science of the structure of the human body......Anatomy
- The science which deals with the working fo the
- human body.......Physiology
- The scientific study of industial arts.....Technology
- The study of plants......Botany
- The natural history of animals.....Zoology
- The study of rocks and soils......Geology
- The study of birds........Ocnithologya
- The study of eggs....Oology
- The study of mountains.....Orology
- The study of languages.......Philology
- The study of the origin and history of words....Etymology
- The study of stars.....Astronomy
- The study of lakes or of pond life.....Limnology
DEATH
- Fainting or death due to being deprived of air...Asphyxia
- The dead body of a human being...Corpse
- The dead body of animal....Carcass
- A frame on which a dead body is conveyed...Bier
- A pile of wood on which a dead body is burned....Pyre
- A vehicle for taking dead bodies to the cemetery...Hearse
- A place where dead bodies are interred....Cemetery
- An examination of a dead body....Post-mortem
- Occurring after death.....Posthumous
- An inscription on a tomb....Epitaph
- A vault beneath a church used for burial.....Crypt
- A stone coffin, especially one made of limestone....Sarcophagus
- Underground caves with burying places
- for the dead....Catacombs
- Dead and decaying flesh (esp. of animals).....Carrion
- A place where dead bodies are temporarily placed..... Mortuary
- A place where the bodies of persons found dead
- are placed for identification.....Morgue
- Disposal of a dead body by burning.....Cremation
- To preserve a dead body from putrefaction.....Embalm
- The cloth which is wrapped round a dead body.....Winding-sheet
- To dig up a corpse.....Exhume
- A very expensive and elaborately built tomb.....Mausoleum
- The practice of putting painlessly to death.....Euthanasia
- An account in the newspaper of the funeral of one..... obituary
- To die, without leaving a will.....Intestate
- The property left to someone by a will....Legacy
- Mass for the dead.....Requiem
- The act of killing oneself....Suicide
- The act of killing a human being.....Homicide
- Murder of a new-born child.....Infanticide
- Murder of a brother........Fratricide
- Murder of sister...Sororicide
- Murder of mother.......Matricide
- Murder of father........Patricide
- Murder of a parent......Parricide
- Murder of a king......Regicide
- Rising from the dead....Resurrection
- A monument set up for persons who are
- buried elsewhere.......Cenotaph
- Killed by an electric current........Electrocuted
GOVERNMENT
- Government of the people, for the people and
- by the people.......Democracy
- Government by a sovereign with unconrolled
- authority.....Autocracy. Despotism
- Government by a military class......Stratocracy
- Government by the worst citizens.....Kakistocracy
- The right of self-government.....Autonomy
- The science of government.....Politics
- A radical change in government....Revolution
- To decide a political question by the direct vote
- of the whole electorate......Referendum
- The period between two reigns. .....Interregnum
- Government by the nobility........Aristocracy.
- Government by departments of state.....Bureaucracy
- Government by a few.....Oligarchy
- Government by the wealthy.....Plutocracy
- Government by Priests or ecclesiastics....Hierarchy
- Government by divine guidance....Theocracy
- Government of the church by bishops......Episcopacy
- One who governs a kingdom during the infancy,
- absence, or disability of the sovereign.....Regent
- The wife or husband of a king or queen.....Consort
- An official numbering of the population....Census
- Facts and figures..... Statistics
- Statistics
NUMERICAL WORDS
- A number of buffaloes......Herd, drove
- A number of sheep, goats, birds.........Flock
- A number of whales or porpoises.......School
- A number of herrings, mackerel, etc.......Shoal
- A number of fish taken in a net........Catch, Haul
- A small number of birds, e.g. partridge.....Covey
- A number of asses......Pack
- A numberof horses, ponies, etc. driven together.....Drove
- A number of cattle or swine feeding or driven
- together....Herd
- A number of oxen or horses (two or more)
- harnessed together..... Team
- A number of birds, bees or insects, moving
- together......Flight
- A number of peacocks.....MusterA number of wolves, hounds or submarrines......Pack
- A number of leopards.....Leap
- A number of geese.... Gaggle
- A number of chickens hatched at the same time....Brood
- A number of young pigs, dogs, cats, brought forth
- at one birth.....Litter
- A number of kittens...Kindle
- A collection of fowls, ducks, etc....Poultry
- A couple of hawks.....Cast
- A number of patridges....Covey
- A number of wild geese or swans in flight....Skein
- A collection of wild animals......Menagerie, Zoa
- A number of people at church.....Congregation
- A number of people listing to a concert or lecture ......Audience
- A number of people looking on at a football match,
- cricket, etc..... Spectators
- A number of people collected together in the street.... Crowd
- A group of people who get together to work forsome cause or common interest......Coterie
- A number of disorderly people....Mob
- A number of bees, locusts, ants, etc.....Swarm
- A number of larks or quails or beautiful girls....Bevy
- A number of bees living in the same place.....Hive
- A number of ants, rabbits or snakes living in the
- same place....Nest
- A number of horses kept for riding, racing breeding..... Stud
- A number of lions, monekys or cavalry soldiers.....Troop
- A number of rooks.......Rookery
- A number of seals..... Rookery
- A number of mules.....Barren
- A number of savages......Horde
- A number of singers in a church......Choir
- A collection of angels......Host
- A number of artistes, dancers or acrobats....Troupe
- A number of actors.....Company
- A number of servants....Staff
- A number of persons, of the same race, character
- etc.......Tribe
- A number of people following a funeral.......Cortege
- A number of beautiful ladies.. ..... Bevy
- A number of soldiers.....Army, Battalion, Regiment,Troop
- A number of sailors manning a ship....Crew
- VA number of workmen, prisoners, thieves, etc.....Gang
- A collection of slaves........Gang, Coffle
- of constables called to enforce the law.....Posse
- A number of jurymen engaged on a case.....Jury, Panel
- A number (more than two) of judges or bishop.....Bench
- A number of directors of a company......Board
- A collection of poems.....Antholog
- A collection of books......Library
- A number of pictures, curiosities, etc......Collection
- A collection of pearls......Rope
- A collection of flags........Bunting
- A collection of flowers........Bouquet
- A number of drawers.......Chest
- A number of ships........Fleet
- A number of merchant ships protected by
- warships......Convoy
- A collection of dried plants........Herbarium
- A number of nuts, grapes on a bunch......Cluster
- A number of trees.........Clump
- A large collection of trees......Forest
- A collection of wood, hay, corn, piled together......Stack
- A cluster of houses in a village......Hamlet
- A number of stars grouped together.......Constellation
- A collection of rays....Pencil
- A group of ministers......Cabinet
- A collection of eggs.....Clutch
- A set of furniture, rooms, etc.... Suite
- A quantity of woollen thread......Skein
- A quantity of bread baked at the same time.....Batch
- A mass of hair......Shock, Fell
- A number of hired applauders, i.e. persons paid to
- clap.....Claque
- A bundle of hay. .......Truss
- vA collection of tools.......set
- A set of bells placed together for a tune to be
- played on them....Carillon
OCCUPATION
- Person who practises any of the fine arts.......Artist
- Person who bakes and sells bread.....Baker
- Person who makes and repairs things made of iron......Blacksmith
- Person who puts thatch on a house......Thatcher
- Person who weaves cloth.......Weaver
- Person whose job is putting covers on books....Bookbinder
- Person whose job is selling books.....Bookseller
- Person who opeates a printing-press........Pressman
- Person whose job is printing....Printer
- Person or firm that publishes books, etc.......Publisher
- Person whose job is to write books.....Writer
- Person who pleads on behalf of another.....Advocate
- Lawyer who has the right to speak and argue as an
- advocate in higher lawcourts........Barrister
- Person with authority to decide cases in a lawcourt.......Judge
- Person whose job is to keep public order.......Police
- Person employed to keep records.....Clerk
- Official whoinspects schools, factories, etc......Inspector
- Person who makes and repairs wooden objects.....Carpenter
- Person who makes articles of gold.....Goldsmith
- Person who sells, makes or repairs jewellery......Jeweller
- Person who builds in or works with stone.....Mason
- Person who deals in oil.......Oilman
- Artist who paints pictures....Painter
- Person employed as a messenger.......Peon
- Person who teaches.....Teacher
- Person who buys and sells things for others....Broker
- Person who kills and prepares animals for meat.....Butcher
- Person who sells vegetables and fruits .....Green-grocer
- Person who makes and/or sells perfume....Perfumer
- Person who polishes other people's shoesShoeshine
- Person who makes clothes for customers..... Tailor
- Person who trades.....Trader
- Person who cuts men's hair and shaves them....Barber
- Man who transports people in small boats for
- payment.......Boatman
- Person whose job is driving carts.....Carter
- Person who cooks food.......Cook
- Person who drives a vehicle....Driver
- Person who plays a drum........Drummer
- Person who owns or manages a farm.......Farmer
- Person who tells people's fortunes......Fortune-teller
- Person who kills wild fowls......Fowler
- Person who works in a garden.......Gardener
- - Person in charge of horses.......Groom
- Woman who earns money by laundering......Laundress
- Person appointed to perform religious duties......Priest
- Member of a ship's crew.....Sailor
- Person who takes care of sheep.......Shepherd
- Person who sweeps.......Sweeper
- Driver of a horse-drawn-carriage.......Coachman
- Person who catches fish, especially as a job......Fisherman
- Man who goes from house to house to sell milk....Milkman
- Person who earns a living by washing clothes.....Washerman
- One who attends to the diseases of the eye.....Oculist
- One who tests eyesight and sells spectacles...... Optician
- One who attends to sick people and prescribes
- medicines........Physician
- One who treats diseases by performing operations..... Surgeon
- One who compounds or
- sells drugs.........Druggist, Pharmacist
- One who attends to the teeth.......Dentist
- One skilled in the care of hands and feet.......Chiropodist
- One who treats diseases by rubbing the muscles......Masseur
- A physician who assists women
- at child-birth .......Obstetrician/Accoucheur
- One who drives a motor-car.......Chauffeur
- Öne who manages or attends to an engine......Engineer
- The person in charge of ship....Captain
- The commander of a fleet......Admiral
- One who carves in stone.....Sculptor
- One who cuts precious stones.....Lapidary,Lapidist
- One who writes for the newspaper.....Journalist,Reporter
- One who sets type for books, newspapers, etc.....Compositor
- One who plans and draws the design of buildings
- and superintends their erection......Architect
- MOne who draws plans.....Draughtsman
- One who deals in flowers....Florist
- One who deals in fruits.......Fruiterer
- One who deals in cattle.......Drover
- One who sells fruits, vegetables, etc. from a barrow........Costermonger
- One who deals in iron and hardware......Ironmonger
- One who deals in medicinal herbs.....Herbalist
- One who deals in fish.......Fishmonger
- One who deals in furs.......Furrier
- One who works in brass......Brazier
- One who sets glass in windows, doors, etc......Glazier
- One who deals in wines......Vintner
- One who works in leap esp. mending water pipes......Plumber
- One who attends to the fire of a steam engine.....Stoker
- One who makes barrels, tubs, etc. .......Cooper
- One employed as a labourer to do excavating work..... Navvy
- One who makes and sells ladies' hats......Milliner
- One who sells small articles such as ribbons,
- laces, thread etc........Haberdasher
- One who deals in clothes and other fabrics....Draper
- One who deals in silks, cotton, woolen and linen
- goods.....Mercer
- A professional rider in horse races.....Jockey
- One who shoes horses......Farrier
- One who looks after horses àt an inn.......Ostler, Hostler
- One who studies rocks and soils......Geologist
- One who studies the past through objects left
- behind.....Archaeologist
- One who studies the stars.....Astronomer
- One who foretells things by the stars-.....Astrologer
- One who flies an aeroplane........Pilot, Aviator
- One who works in a coal-mine......Collier
- One who converts raw hide into leather.....Tanner
- One who makes or deals in cutting instruments ...Cutler
- One who cleans the street..........Scavenger
- A woman employed to clean inside buildings.....Charwoman
- One who sells sweets and pastries......Confectioner
- One who induces or entraps men to serve in the
- army or navy.......Crimp
- One collects the bets and pays out to the winner
- in a gambling club.....Croupier
- One who takes care of a building......Janitor
- One who sells fowls, ducks, turkeys, etc.......Poulterer
- One who pays out money at a bank.....Cashier, Teller
- One who makes and sells cushions and covers
- chairs, motor-car seats, etc........Upholsterer
- One who lends money at exorbitant interest....Usurer
- One who draws maps......Cartographer
- One who collects postage stamps........Philatelist
- One who performs tricks sleight by sleight of hand....conjuror/Juggler
- One who walsk on ropes.......Funambulist
- One who performs daring gymnastic feats.....Acrobat
- One who pastures cattle for the market......Grazier
- One who travers from palce to place selling
- miscellaneous articles.........Chapman/Pedlar/Hawker
- One who makes pots, cups, etc........Potter
- One who goes from place to place mending pots,
- pans etc........Tinker
- One who mens shoes........Cobbler/Shoemaker
- One who travels from place to place selling
- religious articles........... Colporteur
- A teacher who travels from place to place to give instruction......Peripatetic
- One who watches over students taking an
- examination.......Invigilator
- A person in charge of a museum......Curator
- One who is in charge of giving assistance to the
- poor, a hospital welfare officer.......Almoner
- The person in charge of a library.......Librarian
- The head of a college.......Principal
- The head of a town, council or corporation.....Mayor
- One who lends money and keeps goods as
- security.......Pawnbroker
- One who draws up contracts and also lends money
- on interest........Scrivener
- One who build ships.... Shipwright
- One who loads and unloads ships.......Stevedore
- One who makes wheels for carriages and carts........Wheelwright
- One who sells articles at public sales......Auctioneer
- A tradesman who manages funerals......Undertaker
- One skilled in the treatment of diseases of
- animals........Veterinarian
- One who writes shorthand.........Stenographer
- One who writes poetry.......Poet
- One who writes books.........Author
- One who writes novels........Novelist
- One who compiles a dictionary......Lexicographer
- One who sells paper, ink, pens and writing
- materials.......Stationer
- One who preserves the skins of animals and mounts them so as to resemble the living animals.....Taxidermist
- One versed int he science of human races, their
- varieties and origin.......Ethnologist
- One who studies the evolution of mankind......Anthropologist
- One who studies the working of the human mind....Psychologist
- One who makes or sells candles.....Candler
- One who works or deals in feathers for apparel.....Plumassier
- The treasurer of a college or university........Bursar
- An officer in charge of the stores, provisions acounts on a ship......Purser
- An expert or specialist in neurology .....Neurologist
- Specialist in ophthalmology............Ophthalmologist
OPPOSITES
- Writing that is easy to read.......Illegible
- Writing that is difficult to decipher......Illegible
- Able to read........Literate
- Unable to read........Illiterate
- Fit for food..............Edible
- To banish from one's country.........Expatriate
- Love of one's country..........Patriotism
- Goods brought into a country........Imports
- Goods carriout out of a country........Exports
- Unfit for human consumption........Inedible
- Fit to do chosen or selected...........Eligible
- Not having the qualities of being chosen......Ineligible
- Loud enough to be heard........Audible
- Not distinct enough to be heard......Inaudible
- Born of married parents.......Legitimate
- Born of unmarried parents..........Illegitimate
- To move from one country to another.......Migrate
- One who leaves his country to settle in another......Emigrant
- One who comes into a foreign country to settle there.....Immigrant
- To send back a person to his own country.....Repatriate
- A list of table of duties payable on exports or
- imports........Tariff
- A list of goods despatched with quantity and price
- to the purchaser........Invoice
- One to whom goods are despatched......Consignee
To be continued...
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